PHOTO COLLECTION: Holi Festival

People perform rituals around the bonfire or sacred fire called 'Holi ka dahan' during Holi festival celebrations in Palaj village near Gandhinagar, India, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Indian revelers, faces smeared with colored powder, dance during celebrations to mark Holi, the Hindu festival of colors in Prayagraj, northern Uttar Pradesh state, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

A girl throws colored powder on her friend as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Devotees cheer as colored powder and water is sprayed on them during celebrations of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Piyush Nagpal)

A girl with her face smeared with colored powder smiles during Holi celebrations, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A dog rideS on the back of bike as people celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A woman applies colored powder on a her friend as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indians dance as they celebrate Holi in Guwahati, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A girl throws colored powder on her friend as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Indians play with colours as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indians play with colours as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Indians smear colored powder on each other as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A priest sprays colored powder and water on devotees during celebrations of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at the Kalupur Swaminarayan temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Indians play with colours as they celebrate Holi in Jammu, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Hindu devotees cheer as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at the Lord Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Villagers from Barsana and Nandgaon smeared with colors participate in Lathmar Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo)

Villagers from Barsana and Nandgaon smeared with colors participate in Lathmar Holi at the Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo)

Villagers from Barsana and Nandgaon participate in the Lathmar Holi at the Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo)

Villagers from Barsana and Nandgaon smeared with colors sing and dance as they participate Lathmar Holi at Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Sunday March 9, 2025. (AP Photo)

Villagers covered in color participate in the Lathmar Holi at the Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo)

People gather to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Villagers throw colored powder during the Lathmar Holi at the Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo)

Villagers covered in color participate in the Lathmar Holi at the Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo)

Villagers covered in color participate in the Lathmar Holi at the Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo)

Employees throw colors at each other before leaving for holidays to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, March 11, 2025 (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Specially abled children participate in an early celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at their school in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A specially abled child participates in an early celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at his school in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A woman and her daughter buys color powder in a shop ahead of Holi festival in Guwahati, India, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A tourist uses colored smoke as she celebrates Holi, the Hindu festival of colors at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

People gather to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

People gather to celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepalese people throw colors on each other as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier smears colored powder on the face of a colleague as they celebrate a day on the eve of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at Suchetgarh, India-Pakistan border in Ranbir singh Pura, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Jammu, India, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Villagers covered in color participate in the Lathmar Holi at the Nandagram temple in Nandgoan village, 115 kilometers (70 miles) south of New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo)

A tourist has her face covered in colored powder during Holi, the Hindu festival of colors at Basantapur Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) women soldiers dance as they celebrate a day on the eve of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at Suchetgarh, India-Pakistan border in Ranbir singh Pura, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Jammu, India, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A street vendor waits to sell color powder ahead of Holi festival in Guwahati, India, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) women soldiers smear colored powder on the face of a colleague as they celebrate a day on the eve of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at Suchetgarh, India-Pakistan border in Ranbir singh Pura, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Jammu, India, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Employees throw colors at each other before leaving for holidays to celebrate Holi, the festival of colors, in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, March 11, 2025 (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier smears colored powder on the face of a colleague as they celebrate on the eve of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at Suchetgarh, India-Pakistan border in Ranbir Singh Pura, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Jammu, India, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

A specially abled girl participates in an early celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at her school in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Youths from the Pakistani Hindu community pause for a photo as they celebrate the Holi Festival in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Hindu devotees cheer as they celebrate Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, at the Lord Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish child walks through the streets in costume during the Purim festival celebrations in Bnei Brak, Israel, on Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish child walks through the streets in costume during the Purim festival celebrations in Bnei Brak, Israel, on Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish festival of Purim, at a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish festival of Purim, at a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes, read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish festival of Purim, at a synagogue in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes, read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish festival of Purim, at a synagogue in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes, read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish festival of Purim, at a synagogue in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes, read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish festival of Purim, at a synagogue in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes, read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish festival of Purim, at a synagogue in Jerusalem, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children and men, some wearing costumes, celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, Thursday, March 13, 2025, in Haifa, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children and men, some wearing costumes, celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, Thursday, March 13, 2025, in Haifa, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children and men, some wearing costumes, celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, Thursday, March 13, 2025, in Haifa, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children and men, some wearing costumes, celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, Thursday, March 13, 2025, in Haifa, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children and men, some wearing costumes, celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, Thursday, March 13, 2025, in Haifa, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish kids dress up in costumes during school ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish kids dress in costumes ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children and men, some wearing costumes, celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim, Thursday, March 13, 2025, in Haifa, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish kids wear costumes ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)